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Making a Clean Getaway: Eco-friendly funeral practices and products, Whitney Center, CT May 30, 2023
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Recording of the Presentation

Resources

New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education and Advocacy
Vermont Funeral Resources and Education
Funeral Partnership.org websites
Green Burial Council
Conservation Burial Alliance
Northeast Death Care Collaborative Facebook Group
Redesigning the End
​Funeral Artisans Collective
Green Burial Cemeteries in the US and Canada
Other Disposition Options Explained
The Dying Year
OSHER Lifelong Learning Dartmouth College
End of Life University
National End of Life Doula Alliance
National Home Funeral Alliance

More about Memorial Forests
More about Human Composting and Conservation Burial

Videos

Cremation Curious
The Natural Burial Experience
The Underground Truth About Vaults
Deeply Rooted

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Connecticut Funeral Laws

Who Can File the Death Certificate: Chapter 93 7-62b Death certificates
Who is in Charge of the Dead: Chapter 802b Decendant's Estates
Who Can Make Disposition Decisions: Chapter 97 7-64 Disposal of bodies 
Who Can Move a Body: Chapter 93 7-65 Removal, transit, and burial permit and Chapter 93 7-69 Removal of body of a deceased person
​Connecticut Cemetery Laws: Chapter 368j Table of Contents

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Books

​Our Last Best Act by Mallory McDuff
Death and Religion in a Changing World by Kathleen Garces-Foley
The Future of the Corpse, edited by Karla Rothstein and Christine Staudt
Alzheimer's Canyon by Jane Dwinell
Last Rites by Todd Harra
The After-Death Care Educator Handbook by Lee Webster, Donna Belk, and other contributors
Restoring Families' Right to Choose by Josh Slocum
​Changing Landscapes: Exploring the growth of ethical, compassionate, and environmentally sustainable green funeral service by Lee Webster

Alternative Disposition Data in the US

Alkaline Hydrolysis
26 states are now legal or allowed in: AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NV, NC, OH, OK, OR, TN, UT, VT, WA, WV
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17 states have facilities available in: AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NV, NC, UT, WA

​Natural Organic Reduction
Legal in WA, OR, VT, CO, CA (2027)
Available in WA, OR, CO #ffffff

Known Green Burial Cemeteries in Connecticut

Fountain Hills Cemetery
Hybrid Cemetery
Deep River CT 06417
860-526-4752
Richardd Forristall

Hanover Green Burial Ground
Hybrid Cemetery
Hanover CT (Sprague)
‭860-428-7818
Jenn Benson

Hillside Cemetery
Hybrid Cemetery, Cedar Meadow
Wilton CT
203-762-5591 xt 101
cemetery@wiltoncongregational.org
hillsidecemeteryWilton.org

Lebanon Green Burial Ground
Hybrid Cemetery
Lebanon CT
860-642-6100​

Wooster Cemetery*
Hybrid Cemetery
Danbury CT 06810
203-748-8529
www.wooster-cemetery.com







​* Green Burial Council certified